Recap and New Media Homework

Hello Folks,

It's me, David, on here tonight updating our blog. After talking with Laura and Carlton tonight, we all agreed how much we enjoyed having all of you in our DeCal and hearing your different perspectives. It should be an enjoyable and thought-provoking semester!

Anyway, here are the homework questions due next class, which will cover New Media:

1.) Discuss how a particular form of New Media (Facebook/Myspace, email, AIM, iPod, etc.,) shapes your identity online. How is this online "identity" the same or different from your identity in the real world? And only if you want to get a little deeper, you can ask how the medium itself already has certain limitations and expectations built in? (Ex., Myspace Top 8 friends = you can only choose eight close friends as your favorite, etc.)

2.) Has New Media had a positive or negative effect on your friendships/relationships? Give some examples.

As always, the papers only have to be one page double-spaced. Try to have fun with it and see if there are some new and creative ideas you can explore about New Media for next class discussion.

Take care and all the best,

David